Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1887-08-06

1.-THE EXPROPRIATORS WILL
BE EXPROPRlATED."
Capitalism Destroying tsclf-Econ-
0mic Education Accelcratcs It's
Destruction The Object of
Agitation TO Assume
The Offensive.
BY DIR. A nOTAI.

In a cApitaIistic society IN in
creasng majority Is being cXproprl-
ated by decreasing minority of
eXproprlator8 Of all the large means
Of labor; and The laws are the agency
through which tins is broughta bout,
This procedure means thatultimate-
Iy capitalism aboIishcs itself.
The impoyerishmcnt Of the masses
goes on in an increasing and ac-
celebrated ratio till the appropriated
masses become aware Of the ne
cessity cypropriatlng the cSpropra-
tors. When, at last, the masses un-
dcrstand this necessity, it will be in
easy task to carry it ont. So long ;ls
there exists yet q numerous class of
small proprietors, it is very difficult
to persuade the masses to cXproprlatc
them; but when the class Of small
proprietors themselves see that they
cannot help being appropriated by
the few enormously rich, then the
difficulty is obviated. Society, SO
long robbed by the law of the means
of labor and existence, becomes more
powerful than great thieves, and
changes the law so ms to recover all
the stolen means of labor.
Now the question occurs; how far
are we to. day advanced toward this
great revolution? And the answer is
evident. We see that in the most
progressive countries the eXproprla-
tion of the masses is almost perfected
The agricultural population of Great
Britain and of the United States are
to n great majority already near
bankruptcy, and IN a very few years
will be fully ''ovicted." Ina very
few years our sturdy yeomanry will
will be extinct, the large rroprictors
of the agricultural soil will be mostly
impoverished, the small proprietors
will be tenants, the tenants will have
become wages laborcrs. Every
worker on natures soil must then
see that great change in the legisla-
ton is imperative. The "UniOn
Labor Party" seems to guessat these
events.
The industrial population has
already to a great extent learned
what the near future has in store for
them. The number of industrial
establishments does not increase as
rapidly as the industrial capital in
vested, nor as the number of indus
trial wages laborers employed.
Great Syndicates or "Trusts" ac-
cumulato masses of capital by
means of which they can either buy
out or ruin their smaller competitors.
Every week adds one or more new
mono. o.olics to the large number
of spectators already existing.
Corners" and "pools' ruin mum.
Der of spectators for the benefit OF
few lucky ones who accumulate
new means of speculation. No pas
sion is so certain of captivating the en-
tire man as the passion of gambling
and speculation. The larger the gains
in play the greater the furor foI
absorbing all the prize.
Then, why should we be impatient
to interrupt this suicidal procedure
of capitalism? Why should we dc
more than defend our means of sub
sistence by organization, both econ
omical and political? Why shouIt
we use dynamite against a sma
number of our enemies when We se'
them all run INTO the ruin OF then
insatiab.c system? Why should w
encourage ''anarchical" proceeding
since great systems of law and econ
omy must otherwise lose their tenn
porary usefulness and destroy them
selves? Another method Of nc
celebrating that self-destructlon Ii
m.re to the representation l
that method.
Let us agitate for popular en-
lightenment in matters of economy